Yannis Makriyannis Ioannis Notaras Dimitrios Kallergis 2,000 Klephts and Αrmatoloi 400 regular army, About 3,000 (infantry and cavalry) Battle of Kastella was a military engagement during the Greek revolution of 1821 with a victorious outcome for the Greeks, in the context of Reşid Mehmed Pasha’s expedition in Attica which had as its ultimate goal the occupation of the Acropolis.

By the end of 1826 and the beginning of 1827, the Greeks, thanks to the winning battles of Karaiskakis, had succeeded in liberating the whole region of Roumeli, except for Messolonghi, Nafpaktos and Vonitsa.

[1] However, despite these victories, Mehmet Resi Pasha (Kioutachis) had not finished his expedition, being determined to conquer the Acropolis of Athens.

Gordon’s force was supported by the steam-powered warship “Karteria”, under the command of the English captain Frank Abney Hastings, along with three rifles brigs, five gunboats and one ‘mistiko’ boat (a type of vessel used for detection missions and transfers of major figures and important information).

During the retreat of the Turks, a few Greeks of the regular army, along with 250 Athenians under Makrygiannis, chased them causing them heavy losses.